8 dead after extreme weather in the south

At least eight people have died, including two children who were crushed in a car from the county of Angelina, Texas, as a result of violent storms that devastated the south of the country this weekend, according to the report. Associated Press.

Two people, including a 13-year-old, died Saturday in floodwater near the Ouachita parish, AP reported. The teenager died during a sudden flood in the community of Bawcomville, near Monroe, and was removed from a drainage canal, according to reports.

In Alabama, a county employee was hit by a vehicle early Sunday while he was helping clear cut trees near Birmingham, according to the AP.

One person died at night in Monroe County, Mississippi, while a tornado reportedly devastated Hamilton, about 45 kilometers northeast of the Mississippi State University campus. In Alto, Texas, 25 people participating in a field day were transported to a wounded local hospital.

In the nearby town of Caddo Mound, a woman died when a tornado ripped apart a Native American cultural festival.

In Houston County, the sheriff's office told the AP that another person had been killed in a nearby town.

At approximately 2:15 pm on Saturday, the Angelina County Sheriff's Department, in eastern Texas, received a call regarding a fallen tree on a car where two children aged 3 and 8 were stuck in the back seat . A local fire department rescue team was able to remove the children, but they were declared dead on the scene, police said.

A strong line of thunderstorms will cause damaging gusts of wind for much of the east from Sunday evening to Monday morning, with vigorous tornado vigils from the panhandle of Florida south of the US. Ohio.

Gusty's thunderstorms will impact residents of Washington, DC, in New York between 2am and 6am, suggesting the possibility of sudden floods in some urban areas. Storms will occur on parts of the Interstate 95 corridor during the Monday morning rush hour.

More than 80 million Americans are exposed to extreme weather conditions.

As the storm moves north and east on Sunday, a cold front in the south will maintain the threat of severe weather all morning. Many severe thunderstorms, with potentially damaging winds, large hail and brief tornadoes, are possible in some parts of the southeast, from Florida to Tennessee.

The Midwest will also experience extreme weather with a spring snow blast affecting areas from Montana to Illinois to Michigan.

The outbreak of severe weather started on Saturday morning in parts of the south of the country. There have been reports of severe hail in Texas, Louisiana and Mississippi.

Sixteen tornadoes have been reported in four states, including five in Texas, two in Louisiana, four in Mississippi and five in Alabama. Nearly 200 severe weather events, including wind gusts and large hail, have been reported in South Texas to South Carolina.

An EF-3 tornado with winds of up to 140 mph during the afternoon has been confirmed in Robertson County, Texas. Two more tornadoes – one EF-2 and another EF-3 – were confirmed in Cherokee County, Texas.

More than 150,000 customers were without power in five states – Texas, Missouri, Mississippi, Alabama and Louisiana – Sunday morning.

Julia Jacobo of ABC News contributed to this report.